Thislist of museums inCounty Durham,England, containsmuseums which are defined for this context as institutions (includingnonprofit organizations, government entities, and privatebusinesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e.,virtual museums) are not included.
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| Name | Image | Town/City | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankers House Museum |  | Chester-le-Street | Religious | Located atSt Mary and St Cuthbert Church, medieval room used byanchorites |
| Auckland Castle |  | Bishop Auckland | Historic house | Home of theBishop of Durham for over 800 years |
| Beamish Museum |  | Beamish | Open air | Focus is 1825 and 1913 life in urbanized North East England, includes trains, agriculture, industry exhibits |
| Bishop Auckland Town Hall |  | Bishop Auckland | Art | Former town hall, houses Bishop Auckland's main public library, a theatre, an art gallery, tourist information centre and a café-bar |
| Bowes Museum |  | Barnard Castle | Art | Includes fine art, decorative art, ceramics, textiles, tapestries, clocks and costumes |
| DLI Museum |  | Durham | Military | History of theDurham Light Infantry, located in same building as theDurham Art Gallery |
| Durham Art Gallery | | Durham | Art | modern and contemporary art, located in same building as theDLI Museum |
| Durham Castle |  | Durham | Historic house | Norman castle, part ofUniversity College, Durham, open for guided tours |
| Durham Cathedral |  | Durham | Religious | Includes tower, monk's dormitory, shrine of SaintCuthbert of Lindisfarne, exhibits on the cathedral's construction and history |
| Durham Mining Museum | Spennymoor | Mining | mining in the Northern part of England | |
| Durham Museum and Heritage Centre |  | Durham | Local | Local history |
| Hartlepool Art Gallery |  | Hartlepool | Art | Operated by theHartlepool Borough Council, exhibits of crafts, contemporary and fine art, and photography |
| Hartlepool's Maritime Experience |  | Hartlepool | Maritime | Recreation of an 18th-century seaport in the time ofLord Nelson,Napoleon and theBattle of Trafalgar |
| Heugh Battery Museum |  | Hartlepool | Military | Restored 19th century coastal defense battery and exhibits about local coastal artillery forces |
| HMS Trincomalee | _-_geograph.org.uk_-_209088.jpg) | Hartlepool | Maritime | Early 19th centuryRoyal NavyLeda class frigate museum ship |
| Hopetown Carriage Works |  | Durham | Railway | |
| Hopetown Darlington |  | Darlington | Railway | Heritage railroad and museum |
| Killhope |  | Killhope | Mining | Former 19th century lead mine, minerals, life of the miner and family |
| Museum of Archaeology | Durham | Archaeology | Also known as Old Fulling Mill Museum of Archaeology, part of theUniversity of Durham, artifacts from prehistoric, Ancient Greece, Roman and medieval periods | |
| Museum of Hartlepool |  | Hartlepool | Local | Local history, maritime heritage,PS Wingfield Castle museum ship |
| National Railway Museum Shildon |  | Shildon | Railway | Branch of theNational Railway Museum, includes over 70 railway heritage vehicles |
| Oriental Museum | Durham | Ethnographic | Part of theUniversity of Durham, includes Chinese, Egyptian, Korean, Japanese and other far east and Asian artifacts | |
| Palace Green Library | Durham | Library | Part of theDurham University Library, exhibits from the University's collections in art, history, culture, literature, | |
| Preston Park Museum & Grounds |  | Preston-on-Tees | Local | Includes a recreated period street of the 1890s, period rooms, an armoury and a toy collection |
| Raby Castle | .jpg) | Staindrop | Historic house | Medieval castle with 18th & 19th century decorations, deer park, gardens |
| Rokeby Park |  | Greta Bridge | Historic house | Palladian-style country house |
| Spennymoor Town Hall Art Gallery |  | Spennymoor | Art | Municipal art gallery |
| Tanfield Railway |  | Tanfield | Railway | Heritage railroad and shed with locomotives and equipment |
| Weardale Museum | Ireshopeburn | Local | Local history, mining, geology,John Wesley andMethodist memorabilia, farming, railway |